The Verkest surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 143 people carried this name — #120,901 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 12% from 128 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 493 people named Verkest live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Verkest.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Loiret.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Verkest.
- Verhelle 202 · U.S. census
- Verhelst 361 · U.S. census
- Verheyden 151 · U.S. census
- Verheyen 414 · U.S. census
- Verhoeven 734 · U.S. census
- Verhulst 712 · U.S. census
- Verley 385 · U.S. census
- Verlin 153 · U.S. census
- Verlinde 228 · U.S. census
- Verlinden 212 · U.S. census
- Vermeersch 331 · U.S. census
- Vermeesch 232 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Verkest is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.